Geoffrey B Riddehough
Biographic Data
| ID | 445379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey B Riddehough |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey B |
| FAMILY NAME | Riddehough |
| SIGNATURE | RIDDEHOUGH G B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1949 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Golden Latin Artistry
Circe's Wand: A Note in Eustathius
Essays in Antiquity
An Introduction to the Greek Theatre
Man-into-Beast Changes in Ovid
ONE of the first things that strike a classical student who in mature life rereads Ovid's Metamorphoses is the poet's wonderful power of differentiation. Very seldom indeed does one metamorphosis seem a mere repetition of another. But this ability to be new, varied, and different, has already been so thoroughly studied that I shall not expatiate upon it here.' Another point, less commonly realised, is that Ovid is not trying to present the animal…
Thomas Hobbes' Translations of Homer
Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general, but for particulars and circumstances, he continually lops them, and often omits the most beautiful. As for its being esteemed a close translation, I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds from his not following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned. He sometimes omits whole similes and sentences, and is n…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
The Roman Poet of Science: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
The Metamorphoses of Ovid: An English Version
Joseph of Exeter: The Cambridge Manuscript
Thomas Hobbes' Translations of Homer
Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general, but for particulars and circumstances, he continually lops them, and often omits the most beautiful. As for its being esteemed a close translation, I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds from his not following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned. He sometimes omits whole similes and sentences, and is n…
Man-into-Beast Changes in Ovid
ONE of the first things that strike a classical student who in mature life rereads Ovid's Metamorphoses is the poet's wonderful power of differentiation. Very seldom indeed does one metamorphosis seem a mere repetition of another. But this ability to be new, varied, and different, has already been so thoroughly studied that I shall not expatiate upon it here.' Another point, less commonly realised, is that Ovid is not trying to present the animal…
Joseph of Exeter: The Cambridge Manuscript
The Metamorphoses of Ovid: An English Version
Ovid, Metamorphoses
The Roman Poet of Science: Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
Thomas Hobbes' Translations of Homer
Hobbes has given us a correct explanation of the sense in general, but for particulars and circumstances, he continually lops them, and often omits the most beautiful. As for its being esteemed a close translation, I doubt not many have been led into that error by the shortness of it, which proceeds from his not following the original line by line, but from the contractions above mentioned. He sometimes omits whole similes and sentences, and is n…
Man-into-Beast Changes in Ovid
ONE of the first things that strike a classical student who in mature life rereads Ovid's Metamorphoses is the poet's wonderful power of differentiation. Very seldom indeed does one metamorphosis seem a mere repetition of another. But this ability to be new, varied, and different, has already been so thoroughly studied that I shall not expatiate upon it here.' Another point, less commonly realised, is that Ovid is not trying to present the animal…
An Introduction to the Greek Theatre
Essays in Antiquity
Circe's Wand: A Note in Eustathius
Golden Latin Artistry
Art (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · History (4 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Classics (1 works) · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies (1 works)